Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-12
he distance is $50 miles, and the "eni.


J grant" rate, as printed in the Post, is
sl7.85, or very nearly , Ito cents per
mile. From A'lsnta TO Houston, Wis the
above lines and the Piedmont route, the
distance ia STA mi!ea, snd the "emiarsnt'
rate is $50. OF about q cents nile
Aud again, THE GAZETTE declares is prI-
CT willingness TO make co-rec
ton Of any 11istske MADE IN
the hurry Q; these calculations.
The Only purpose OF this psp=F
is 10 get the truth, and re have 20 argu-
nents to mske against the railroads, ou'
desire TO give the facts as they exist
Oar r'sders can tske their figures from
the Pest and make the calculation for
| themselves a. their leisure.
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| The article ia the Post Is more in the
nature Of defense Of the present rates
given by the pool than e discussion
OF what the pool, as factor in Texas de-
velopmsnt ard IS 8 part of Texas, should
90 in cooperation with other Glasses il
Texas to save Ttx,ns 20 Texas and to
bring into the state more people. NJ one
denies that Texas railroads will sell peo-
pie tickets to come to Texas
when people apply for them.
or that an emigrant rate
of passage is made at certain points to
Texas. The argument and the figures Of
the Post are adroit, but they aIe not
addressed to the question, which is this {:
Do these roads discriminate against
Teas tn rates made to other states?
II the rate from NV York TO
Texas were 10 cents, and the rate
from New York to California 5
cents, would not Texas have right to
protest against the discrim nation? 1t is
discrimination that Texas complains OF, Q
discrimination made by Texas roads (ss
parts of great systems and through the
pooe sgainst Texas, snd in be-
nali Of other states. This is
the question, pure anu simple, sud
no specious data and argument
can settle 1t to the satisfaction OF the peo-
pie, who are stirred by this question as
they have not been moved in yesrS. They
fsel the need of some action, and thy
know they are powerless without railroad
cooperation.
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The people ask this cooperation be-
cause without il the discrimination must
go on to the detriment of Texas. In this
article CT the Post we are told of the rate 8
made by the r. ads for P9as, but We are
not Informed OF the rates made by the
roads for other states. THE GAZETTE
cslls attention to the latter rates, that the
rates for Texas may be accurately meas
ured. The rates made to this and other
states must be considered In COM
parison in order to disclose the
discrimination of which the people
complain and of which the POSTS articl
does not treat. If rHE GAZETTE is cor
rectly Informed, only two rates are made
to Texas from Kansas City, ST. Louis,
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Pittsturg, Louis
vile and other points in that immense
region 80 prol fc Of emigration, west
ward, the lowest Of which is not below 2
tcents q mile by the shortest route. The
land explorers tickets, Sc long on sale,
are now taken Off Ronnd trip tickets
sre sold only to FL Paso, Laredo, San An
tohio, Galveston, Houston, Austin and
possibly, Corpus Christi. But what Of
the rates made to California; From Kan
sas City to San Francisco, the distance via
Fort Worth is 2484 miles round trip excur-
sion tickets are sold for $50, good for six
months, AID emigrent tickets are sold for
s35 and the emigrant given free sleeper
through On round trip ticekt the pas
seng r, via Fort Worth, travels 1868
miles, form Kansas City to California, for
$50, or about one and ne-fifth cents per
mile, while the lowest rate to Texas is
more than two cents. On an emf
grant ticket from Kansas City to
CSh ClduCiSSoj via HO1t w
the passenger travels 24s4 miles for
S35; or, about 2-5 Of cent mile
with through sleeper for nothing, while
the lowest rate to Texas is little more
than cents mile with no free sleeper
for the emisrsnt. In other words, from
Kansas City, through Texas, to Caliior-
MA, man travels 24S4 miles for $50
with free sleeper thrown IN, while from
Atlanta to Texas he travels STA miles for
$40, with no free slseper-or little more
than two seventies Of the distance for four
seyeDths CT the price, and no free sleeper
II Texas was given rate similar to the
$50 excursion round-trip ticket from
Kansas City, siG TerGs, to Cslitornis, the
round trip fare from st. Louis to Fort
Worth would be sl6.10 by the Missouri
Pacific route. At the same rate, round
trip ticket from Kansas City TO Fort
Worth would be sold for Sl3 95. These
applications Of the California rate
to Texas shows what might be,
and, il THE GAZETTE Is not mis-